THE CITY COUNCIL/CALEXICO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SUCCESSOR
AGENCY/CALEXICO FINANCING AUTHORIT/PLANNING COMMISSION MET IN SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION ON THE 13TH DAY OF MAY 2026 AT 5:00 P.M. AT THE FERNANDO "NENE" TORRES COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 608 HEBER AVENUE, CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA. THE DATE, HOUR AND PLACE DULY ESTABLISHED FOR THE HOLDING OF SAID MEETING.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Legaspi called the special workshop session to order at 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT:
Mayor: Victor Legaspi
Mayor Pro Tem: Lorenzo Calderon
Council Member: Adriana Marquez
ABSENT:
Council Member: Lisa Tylenda - arrived at 5:03 p.m.
Council Member: Diana Nuricumbo - arrived at 5:01 pm.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Pro Tem Calderon led those present in the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Calderon, seconded by Council Member Marquez, to approve the agenda. Motion passed unanimously.
DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS
ITEM NO. 1 DISCUSS CITY COUNCIL GOALS AND PRIORITIES, MODERATED BY RELIANCE PUBLIC RELATIONS, INC.
Reliance Public Relations, Inc. moderator Bill Gates provided an overview of the Strategic Planning Workshop process and stated they met individually with the council members to obtain their input on strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the city. A total of thirty-two (32) priorities were identified to review for the upcoming budget for next year.
Each council member selected ten (10) out of thirty-two (32) proposed priorities; resulting in twenty-two (22) different goals, and those would be the ones working on prioritizing.
Moderator Bill Gates read the preliminary scores as follow:
• Goal 1A - Implement Routine City Manager recaps - score 33 • Establish departmental monthly memos - score 50
• Enhance community engagement - score 62
• Systemized citizen concerns - score 50
• Addressing Public Safety Understanding - score 100
• Maximize paramedic revenue - score 79
• Border and traffic management - score 67
• Establish border service revenue - score 75
• Reform chain of command - score 50
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• Mandate supervisor training - score 44
• Litigation management - score 34
• Funding acquisition: grant funding, border community funding programs - score 30 • Develop a council decorum policy - score 15
• Evaluate Mayor rotation policy - score 50
• Goal 6A - Execute capital improvement projects - score 100 Urgent facility repairs - score 90
• Water infrastructure stability - score 56
• Economic Development plan - score 75
• Create a One-Stop shop - score 74
• Relaunch the Chamber of Commerce - score 20
• Implement nuisance prosecution - score 84
• Expand senior and youth programs - score 70
Moderator Bill Gates stated that those are the preliminary rankings and a final report will be presented to council.
Mayor Legaspi asked when they will be coming back for the second phase, in which Mr. Gates replied that it would be on the first meeting of June 2026.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Calderon, seconded by Council Member Nuricumbo to adjourn meeting. Motion passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 5:52 p.m.
Victor Legaspi, Mayor
ATTEST:
Marthat song Martha Gomez, Deputy Clerk